Country Music Channel Awards: finalists

Country Music Channel has announced the finalists for the CMC Music Awards to be presented on Friday March 14 at an event at Hope Estate Winery, hosted by The McClymonts.

With 400,000 votes (presumably including categories) this was the biggest year of voting in the history of the Awards.

The finalists are:

CMC Oz Artist Of The Year
Adam Brand
Amber Lawrence
McAlister Kemp
Morgan Evans
O’Shea

CMC International Artist Of The Year
Carrie Underwood
Chris Young
Keith Urban
Taylor Swift
Toby Keith

CMC Australian Video Of The Year
I Was Here – Adam Brand
If I Want To – Jasmine Rae
Flying With The King – Lee Kernaghan
Carry On – Morgan Evans
Thank You Angels – O’Shea

CMC International Video Of The Year
Boys Round Here – Blake Shelton
Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain) – Gary Allan
Little Bit Of Everything – Keith Urban
Highway Don’t Care – Tim McGraw/Taylor Swift/Keith Urban
Hope On The Rocks – Toby Keith

CMC New Oz Artist Of The Year
Adam Eckersley Band
Chelsea Basham
Kaylens Rain
Matt Cornell
The Wolfe Brothers

CMC Female Oz Artist Of The Year
Amber Lawrence
Chelsea Basham
Jasmine Rae
Jayne Denham
Kasey Chambers

CMC Male Oz Artist Of The Year
Adam Brand
Lee Kernaghan
Morgan Evans
Travis Collins
Troy Cassar-Daley

A 30 min special on the Awards will premiere on CMC, Monday March 31 at 8pm.